Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

The deadliest act of antisemitism on American soil is remembered in new exhibit

The exhibition also features two other deadly anniversaries: The October 7 Massacre and Kristallnacht, the Nazi-led pogrom of November 9, 1938.

A new, temporary exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage explores antisemitism in America, with the 2018 shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh at its center.
 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

Pennsylvania man caught with child porn, antisemitic mass attack plans

 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

Tree of Life murderer is one of 3 death row inmates exempted from Biden’s commutation order

The facade of the Tree of Life synagogue, where a mass shooting occurred last Saturday, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018

Plaque for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims stolen, investigations ongoing


A year after disaster, Pittsburgh is so much more than a site of tragedy

For a period of time, Pittsburgh was the third-largest home to Fortune 500 companies behind New York and Chicago

A crowd attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week since a deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018

What happens to memorials left at site of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting?

“A lot of these things, especially the art objects, you get the sense that this is coming from someone who art is such a large part of their life that this is how they process things."

HAND-CRAFTED Jewish stars from volunteers around the globe have been hung up around the city of Pittsburgh

Undaunted by Tree of Life attack, HIAS continues its mission

“We’d always known there were people out there who hated HIAS, hated our work. We’d always kind of ignored them as fringe and paid no attention whatsoever to them.”

HIAS SUPPORTERS take part in a pro-immigration rally in Washington last year.

Tree of Life will reopen as a ‘center for Jewish life in the US’

A community planning process will determine the building’s “precise future,” according to the statement. The process was announced to the congregation during Kol Nidre services on Yom Kippur.

The facade of the Tree of Life synagogue, where a mass shooting occurred last Saturday, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018

Solidarity Shabbats to mark one year since Tree of Life shooting

After last year's #ShowUpForShabbat initiative, AJC is calling on people to show up for Shabbat services on the anniversary of the 2018 Tree of Life shooting.

A crowd attends a vigil outside the Tree of Life synagogue Tree of Life synagogue, marking one week since a deadly shooting there, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivor opens up about losing her mother in the attack

What ensued was the murder of 11 Tree of Life worshippers at the hands of an anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant gunman. Wedner was injured, but survived — her mother Rose did not.

Worshippers attend a "Show Up For Shabbat" service at JCC Harlem following last Saturday's shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, in Pittsburgh, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 3, 2018

Federal prosecutors reject Pittsburgh synagogue gunman’s request for plea

Court filings showing the offer’s rejection were released Tuesday.

A POLICE barricade around the synagogue that was the site of the Pittsburgh massacre

ADL: There is a link between extremists in Europe and in the US

“Halle, Christchurch, Poway and Pittsburgh did not happen in a vacuum, and these attacks share important elements," said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt.

Mourners attend a memorial service at the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall of the University of Pittsburgh on October 28, 2018, a day after 11 worshipers were shot dead at the Tree of Life congregation in Pittsburgh

How Pittsburgh survivors are struggling a year later

“I don’t think that I could ever go back in that building and not be continually reminded of what took place there.”

Mourners react during a memorial service at the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall of the University of Pittsburgh, a day after 11 worshippers were shot dead at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2018

Inspiring Jews who died in the Jewish year 5779

The close of every year brings with it bittersweet reminders of the incredible figures we lost in the year that was.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and First Lady Melania Trump place stones on a memorial to shooting victims as they stand with Tree of Life Synagogue Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, outside the synagogue where white nationalist Robert Bowers killed 11 people and wounded six during a mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Penn